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Christian Devotional – November 22, 2013
VERSE: Numbers 6:24-26–The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. TRUTH: The Lord gave them this blessing to be able to bless the people. This is what God wants to be said to each of us. The Lord blesses us by making His face shine upon up, being gracious to us, and giving us peace. How do we know we are blessed by God? His face is turned toward us and we experience His peace. RESPONSE: Father, Your blessing is the only blessing I desire. I…
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Christian Devotional – November 21, 2013
VERSE: Number 5:5-6–The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty.'” TRUTH: When we do something wrong toward another person, it is the same as doing something wrong toward God Himself. Our actions reflect our commitment and obedience to God. So, our actions against someone else is the same as us being unfaithful to God. We are guilty when we do not treat others as we would treat God. How are we responding to the people we are around? RESPONSE: Father, I praise You and lift You high. I will treat…
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Christian Devotional – November 20, 2013
VERSE: Numbers 4:20–But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die. TRUTH: The Kohathites were responsible for carrying the holy things of the tabernacle, but they were not allowed to look at those things. They had to simply carry them from place to place as they moved around the desert. They would never know the beauty of the items they carried and it would have been tempting to discount the importance of what they carried. God has a plan for us to follow and obey Him, yet we will not always know or understand the depth of the…
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Christian Devotional – November 19, 2013
VERSE: Numbers3:4–Nadab and Abihu however, died before the Lord when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron. TRUTH: God is love and grace, but God is also holy and just. God cannot tolerate sin. Nadab and Abihu were wrong in what they did before the Lord and as a result of their sin, they died and others took their place. We must realize that God is holy and cannot tolerate sin. We are not to just do whatever we want, there are consequences for sins…
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Christian Devotional – November 18, 2013
VERSE: Number 2:34–So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family. TRUTH: The Lord put them together as families and then placed them around the tabernacle they had constructed to worship God. He wanted the people to camp and move together as families. The family is so important to God and the people were a visual reminder of that based on how they set up camp. They also had God at the center of their camp. Do we have God at the center of our…
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Christian Devotional – November 17, 2013
VERSE: Numbers 1:2–“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.” TRUTH: God tells the people to take a census, so they set about counting the people. Interestingly, in other places in scripture, God tells the people not to count themselves and if they do, they will be punished. The important thing to remember is that it was not the act of counting themselves that was wrong, but the obedience to God that determined whether they were right or wrong. Are we focused on doing what God has told us to do, when and how God has told us…